Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (or RHLSTP ()) and Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast are two related comedy podcasts , created and hosted by British comedian Richard Herring . Hosted on The British Comedy Guide , the podcasts are interviews with notable guests, usually fellow comedians. The original Edinburgh Fringe podcast ran from 2011 to 2013,[1] and took place most days[2] for the duration of the Fringe, focusing on interviews with performers at the festival. They also contain short stand-up segments from Fringe performers. The Leicester Square Theatre Podcast , recorded at Leicester Square in London , began in 2012 and follows a similar format, with higher profile guests. It runs for a shorter series than the Edinburgh Fringe version, with weekly recordings.
Both podcasts are performed in front of a paying audience, but released for free download and streaming. Series One and Two of the Leicester Square Theatre Podcast were released solely in audio format, with the exception of Stewart Lee's episode, which was initially released as a DVD Extra for Fist of Fun , Series Two. From Series Three onwards all episodes of the show were released in both audio and video format – initially as a paid download, then free on YouTube . Series Seven was the first to be financed by a Kickstarter campaign in order to cover the costs of production. Since Series Seventeen, Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast has been recorded on tour at different venues and, as such, has been referred to only by the acronym title of RHLSTP . After only one episode of Series Nineteen was recorded, the remainder of the series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Herring has continued to conduct interviews and provide new content via Twitch during the lockdown.
Episode guide [ ]
Edinburgh Fringe Podcast [ ]
Series ThreeRecorded 31 July–26 August 2013
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Guest(s)
Stand-Up
51:
Jenny Eclair
52:
David Baddiel
53:
Norman Lovett
Christian Reilly
54:
Brendon Burns & John Lloyd
55:
Susan Calman
Lee Camp
56:
Rory McGrath & Josh Widdicome
57:
Ian Lavender & Tony Law
Carey Marx
58:
Janey Godley & Ashley Storrie
Doug Segal
59:
Omid Djalili & Ben Moor
60:
David O'Doherty & Michael Legge
Felicity Ward
61:
Greg Proops & Hannibal Buress
Lost Voice Guy
62:
Milton Jones & Bo Burnham
Paul Gannon
63:
Sarah Millican
Geoff Norcott
64:
Sean Hughes & Paul Foot
65:
Terry Alderton & Ardal O'Hanlon
Zoe Lyons
66:
Fred MacAulay & Colt Cabana
67:
Al Murray & Paul Provenza
68:
Alexei Sayle
69:
Ray Peacock & Ed Gamble
Dana Alexander
70:
Mark Thomas & Rob Delaney
71:
Paul Putner & Scroobius Pip
Sarah Campbell
72:
Ed Byrne & Bridget Christie
Luke Wright
73:
Caroline Rhea & Alex Lowe as Barry from Watford
Alex Edelman
74:
Stewart Lee as Baconface & Simon Donald
Jarleth Regan
75:
Jason Manford
Leicester Square Theatre Podcast [ ]
Series OneRecorded 7 May - 26 June 2012
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Guest(s)
1:
Tim Minchin
2:
Jonathan Ross
3:
Francesca Martinez
4:
Charlie Higson
5:
Charlie Brooker
6:
Nick Frost
7:
David Baddiel
8:
Stewart Lee
9:
Armando Iannucci & Graham Linehan
Series TwoRecorded 1 October - 3 December 2012
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Guest(s)
10:
Rob Delaney
11:
Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith
12:
Peter Serafinowicz
13:
David Mitchell
14:
Dave Gorman
15:
Adam Buxton
Extra:
Stand-Up 2012
16:
Russell Howard
Series ThreeRecorded 7 May, 28 May - 1 July 2013
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Guest(s)
Special:
Pappy's at Machynlleth Comedy Festival
Special:
Sony Awards
17:
Chris Addison
Extra:
Stand-Up 2013
18:
Stephen Fry
19:
Mary Beard
20:
John Lloyd
21:
Russell Brand
22:
Edgar Wright
23:
Mark Thomas
24:
Isy Suttie
25:
Sean Hughes
Series FourRecorded 30 September - 28 October 2013
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Guest
26:
Shappi Khorsandi
27:
Rufus Hound
28:
Miranda Hart
29:
Miles Jupp
30:
Dara Ó Briain
31:
Ross Noble
32:
Simon Pegg
33:
Stephen Merchant
Series FiveRecorded 17 February - 24 March, 2 May 2014
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Guest(s)
34:
Adam Buxton
35:
Jenny Eclair
36:
Helen Zaltzman & Olly Mann
37:
Robert Llewellyn
38:
Alexei Sayle
39:
Greg Davies
40:
Danny Baker
41:
Josie Long
42:
Harry Shearer
43:
Susan Calman
44:
Jon Ronson
45:
Nick Helm
Special:
Mike Wozniak at Machynlleth Comedy Festival
Series NineRecorded 6 June - 25 July 2016
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Guest
101:
Iain Lee
102:
Tony Law
103:
Lauren Laverne
104:
Ben Bailey Smith
105:
Marcus Brigstocke
106:
David Cross
107:
Vic Reeves
108:
Susie Dent
109:
Nish Kumar
110:
Matthew Crosby
111:
Graham Linehan
112:
Sofie Hagen
113:
Russell Kane
114:
Tim Minchin
115:
Tom Parry
116:
Elis James
Special:
Lord Mayor Dave Taylor at the Great Yorkshire Fringe
Special:
Mark Addy at the Great Yorkshire Fringe
Series ElevenRecorded 5 June - 24 July 2017
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Guest(s)
Special:
Bec Hill at the Wells Comedy Festival
135:
Paul Merton
136:
Joe Thomas
137:
Jessica Knappett
138:
Adam Buxton
139:
Zoe Lyons
140:
Andrew Collins
141:
David Baddiel
Special:
Rahul Kohli and Martin Barrass at the Great Yorkshire Fringe
142:
Brendon Burns and
143:
Dan Skinner
144:
Katy Brand
145:
Julian Clary
146:
Limmy
147:
Arthur Smith
148:
Robert Webb
149:
Ed Byrne
150:
Sara Pascoe
Series ThirteenRecorded 5 February - 2 April 2018
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Guest(s)
165:
Kathy Burke
166:
Adam Kay
167:
John Robins and Elis James
168:
Danielle Ward
169:
Trevor and Simon
170:
Jess Phillips
171:
Mackenzie Crook
172:
173:
Katherine Ryan
174:
Peter Baynham
175:
Brian Blessed
176:
Pippa Evans
177:
Maria Bamford
178:
Sophie Willan
179:
Desiree Burch
180:
Al Murray
181:
My Dad Wrote a Porno
182:
Mark Steel
Special:
Jessica Fostekew and at Machynlleth Comedy Festival
Special:
Michael Eavis at Wells Comedy Festival (unbroadcast)
Series FourteenRecorded 24 September - 19 November 2018
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Guest(s)
183:
Jonathan Ames
184:
Alex Horne
185:
Ross Noble
186:
Lou Sanders
187:
Alice Lowe
188:
Jess Robinson
189:
190:
Greg Davies
191:
Rose Matafeo
192:
Nish Kumar
193:
James O'Brien
194:
Amanda Abbington
195:
Joe Lycett
196:
197:
Rick Edwards
198:
Sanjeev Bhaskar
199:
Terry Hall
200:
Adam Buxton
Special:
Toby Hadoke at Manchester Podcast Festival
Special:
Glenn Wool at Manchester Podcast Festival
Series FifteenRecorded 4 February - 1 April 2019
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Guest(s)
201:
Sathnam Sanghera (recorded at Bilston Town Hall)
Special:
Tim Vine at Bristol Slapstick Festival
Special:
Joe Thomas and Damon Beesley at Bristol Slapstick Festival
Special:
The Goodies at Bristol Slapstick Festival
202:
Jon Ronson
203:
Emily Atack
204:
Rob Brydon
205:
David Morrissey
206:
Peter Lord – Komedia Bath
207:
Kerry Howard – Komedia Bath
208:
James Acaster
209:
London Hughes
210:
Suzi Ruffell
211:
Joel Dommett
212:
Matt Forde
213:
Les Dennis
214:
Matt Lucas
215:
Rosie Jones
N/A:
Richard E. Grant (unbroadcast)
216:
Tiff Stevenson
217:
Adrian Chiles – Birmingham Town Hall
218:
Nicholas Parsons
219:
Do The Right Thing Podcast
Special:
Kay Mellor – Theatre Royal, Wakefield
220:
Alice Roberts
Special:
Rob Rouse – Theatre Royal, Wakefield
221:
No Such Thing as a Fish
Special:
Fiona Allen at the Henley Festival
Special:
Richard Herring interviewed by Sarah Benetto at Deer Shed Festival
Special
Rebecca Callard at the Great Yorkshire Fringe
Series SeventeenRecorded 3 April - 26 July 2019
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Guest(s)
222:
Angela Barnes – The Old Market, Brighton
223:
Stephen Grant – The Old Market, Brighton
N/A:
Ricky Wilson – Leeds City Varieties (unbroadcast)
224:
Mark Charnock and Dominic Brunt – Leeds City Varieties
225:
Jimmy Cricket – The Lowry, Salford
226:
Sarah Millican – The Lowry, Salford
227:
Russell Howard – Kings Place, London
228:
– Kings Place, London
229:
Michael Sheen – Kings Place, London
Special:
Guilty Feminist Mashup with Siobhan McSweeney – Kings Place, London
230:
Ed Gamble – Kings Place, London
231:
Bobby Mair – Warwick Arts Centre
232:
Caroline Quentin – Warwick Arts Centre
233:
Shaun Williamson – Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
234:
Vic Reeves – Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
Series EighteenRecorded 15 September - 6 December 2019
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Guest(s)
235:
– Cambridge Corn Exchange
236:
Grayson Perry – Leicester Square Theatre
237:
Annabel Giles – Theatre Royal, Brighton
238:
Ian McMillan – Sheffield City Hall
239:
Simon Evans – Theatre Royal, Brighton
240:
Seann Walsh – Sheffield City Hall
241:
Jenny Eclair – The Haymarket, Leicester
242:
Graham Fellows – Hull City Hall
243:
Grace Petrie – The Haymarket, Leicester
244:
Lucy Beaumont – Hull City Hall
245:
Mark Olver – Bristol Old Vic
246:
Jayde Adams – Bristol Old Vic
247:
Tape Face – Richmond Theatre
248:
Nick Frost – Richmond Theatre
249:
Ahir Shah – Theatre Royal Winchester
250:
John Kearns – Theatre Royal Winchester
251:
Francesca Stavrakopoulou at Exeter Corn Exchange
252:
Mike Wozniak at Exeter Corn Exchange
253:
Dave Johns – The Stand Newcastle
254:
Seymour Mace – The Stand Newcastle
255:
Robin Ince – Leicester Square Theatre
256:
Athena Kugblenu – Leicester Square Theatre
257:
David Reed – Grand Opera House, York
258:
Jon Parkin – Grand Opera House, York
259:
Kate Robbins – Liverpool Playhouse
260:
Frank Cottrell-Boyce – Liverpool Playhouse
261:
George Monbiot – Oxford Playhouse
262:
Paul Sinha – Oxford Playhouse
263:
Tim Minchin – Leicester Square Theatre
264:
Sara Pascoe – Leicester Square Theatre
265:
Janice Connolly at Manchester Podcast Festival
266:
Bethany Black at Manchester Podcast Festival
267:
Rachel Parris – Leicester Square Theatre
268:
Charlie Brooker – Leicester Square Theatre
269:
Olga Koch at Cambridge Corn Exchange
270
Konnie Huq – Leicester Square Theatre
271:
Reverend Richard Coles – Northampton Deco
272:
Steve McNeil – Northampton Deco
273:
Fern Brady – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
274
Limmy – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Series NineteenRecorded 9 March 2020 - 20 October 2020
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Guest(s)
275:
Michael Palin – Leicester Square Theatre
276:
Aisling Bea – Leicester Square Theatre
277:
Adam Buxton – Remote record
278:
Michael Spicer – Remote record
279:
Mark Watson – Remote record
280:
Bill Burr – Remote record
281:
Robert Webb – Remote record
282:
Kiri Pritchard-McLean – Remote record
283:
James Acaster – Remote record
284:
Richard Osman – Remote record
285:
Greg Jenner – Remote record
286:
Lauren Pattison – Remote record
287:
Maisie Adam – Remote record
288:
Nathan Caton – Remote record
289:
Daniel Sloss – Remote record
290:
Jo Caulfield – Remote record
291:
Bettany Hughes – Remote record
292:
Bilal Zafar – Remote record
293:
Sophie Duker – Remote record
294:
Sindhu Vee – Remote record
Special:
Ally and Sally – Remote record
295:
Maria Konnikova – Remote record
296:
Michael Fenton Stevens – Remote record
297:
Michael Ian Black – Remote record
298:
Stevie Martin – Remote record
299:
John Kearns – Remote record
300:
Richard Herring interviewed by John Robins – Bill Murray Pub
Series TwentyRecorded 28 October 2020 - 14 April 2021
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Guest(s)
301:
Ed Gamble – Remote record
302:
Nell Scovell – Remote record
303:
Arthur Mathews – Remote record
304:
Kiell Smith-Bynoe – Remote record
305:
– Remote record
306:
Marek Larwood – Remote record
307:
Rhod Gilbert – Remote record
308:
– Remote record
309:
Alexei Sayle – Remote record
310:
Catherine Bohart – Remote record
311:
Nina Conti – Remote record
312:
– Remote record
313:
Ashley Storrie – Remote record
314:
– Remote record
315:
Nish Kumar – Clapham Grand
316:
Lou Sanders – Clapham Grand
317:
– Remote record
318:
Alice Fraser – Remote record
Special:
for Comic Relief
319:
Mary Lynn Rajskub – Remote record
320:
Jeremy Paxman – Remote record
321:
Brian Regan – Remote record
322:
John Oliver – Remote record
323:
Dominik Diamond – Remote record
324:
Andi Osho – Remote record
325:
Pippa Evans – Remote record
Series Twenty-TwoRecorded 29 August 2021 - 19 February 2022
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Guest(s)
344:
Stevie Martin and – Leicester Square Theatre
345:
Barry Cryer – Leicester Square Theatre
346:
Bob Mortimer – Leicester Square Theatre
347:
– Leicester Square Theatre
348:
David Mitchell (comedian) – Leicester Square Theatre
349:
Tim Key – Leicester Square Theatre
350:
Louise Wener – Leicester Square Theatre
351:
Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish – Leicester Square Theatre
352:
Katherine Ryan – Leicester Square Theatre
353:
Shaparak Khorsandi – Leicester Square Theatre
354:
Dave Gorman – Leicester Square Theatre
355:
Phil Wang – Leicester Square Theatre
356:
Ben Shephard – Leicester Square Theatre
357:
Deborah Meaden – Leicester Square Theatre
358:
Emma Dabiri – Leicester Square Theatre
359:
Miriam Margolyes – Leicester Square Theatre
360:
Margaret Cabourn-Smith – Phoenix, Cavendish Sq
361:
– Phoenix, Cavendish Sq
362:
Peter Baynham – Remote record
363:
Laura Lexx – Remote Record
364:
– Remote Record
365:
– Remote Record
366:
TBA – Remote Record
367:
Ahir Shah – Phoenix, Cavendish Sq
368:
Mark Watson – Phoenix, Cavendish Sq
369:
Jon Culshaw – St George's Bristol
370:
Joz Norris – Leicester Comedy Festival
371:
Rebecca Wheatley – Leicester Comedy Festival
Reception [ ]
The Leicester Square Theatre Podcast has won the Internet Award at the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2018 Chortle Awards ,[7] and was the only non-BBC programme to be nominated for the comedy award at the 2013 Sony Radio Awards .[8] The show won a bronze award in the category, becoming the first internet-only award winner in this section.[9] Radiohead 's Jonny Greenwood has also heralded the Leicester Square Theatre Podcast citing it as one of his cultural highlights in The Guardian .[10]
In Herring's interview with Stephen Fry , Fry revealed that he had attempted to commit suicide. The story was reported across various newspapers and international news networks including the BBC and Sky News.[11] [12] His interview with Russell Brand also came to some press attention several months after its release, the press focusing on Brand discussing pleasuring a man in a public toilet for his 2002 TV show RE:Brand .[13]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
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